Brandon Brooks of Grandview rushes with the ball as Trevor O’Hearn of ThunderRidge tries to stop him in the third quarter of a high school football game at Legacy Stadium on Sept. 19, 2014, in Aurora. (Daniel Petty, The Denver Post)

Here is the Associated Press Colorado high school football poll, including first-place votes in parentheses, season record, total points and last week’s ranking, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers, including from The Denver Post.

Carlton Hurst, the Aurora Central shooting guard who averaged 23 points and ten rebounds per game last season, has narrowed his college choice to three schools.

Hurst, a three-star prospect according to Rivals.com, will visit Colorado State (Sept. 7), Saint Mary’s (Sept. 14) and Wyoming (Sept. 14), according to David Matthews, his club coach with Colorado Chaos. The senior visited all three schools unofficially in May and June. He also made unofficial trips to Nebraska and San Francisco.

Matthews said he expects Hurst to make a decision “sometime in late September” after he takes all three visits. Read more…

Oh, that silly Class 5A Continental League … it just keeps turning more interesting.

On Monday, Legend knocked off Chaparral 11-7 to put both teams in a two-way tie for second place in league standings as Colorado’s baseball season is in full flight toward a terrific regular-season climax. Both teams are 6-1 in league.

Once again, we’ve teamed up with chsaa.tv. This time, it means we will have every single state tournament basketball game from here on out available to watch live on our site, as well as a replay after each game is over.

It concludes with Saturday’s action, which includes the 4A and 5A boys basketball championships.

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.